From: Canadian Library Association [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Friday, February 19, 2016 7:23 PM
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Subject: CLA Digest - February 19, 2016
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News From the Community
2016 RBC Bronwen Wallace Award Candidates are invited to submit 5-10 pages (up to 2,500 words) of previously unpublished short fiction to the 2016 RBC Bronwen Wallace Award. A $5,000 grand prize winner will be announced on June 8. Two honourable mentions will each receive $1,000. To be eligible, candidates must be:
Manuscript pages must not include identifying information. Please number pages consecutively. By submitting to this award, candidates grant the Writers' Trust of
Canada permission to publish their work in print and digital formats should they be shortlisted. All rights reserved by the author. Submission deadline is March 7, 2016
Read More Reminder - Documentary Heritage Communities Program Just a reminder that the 2016-2017 funding cycle deadline for Library and Archives Canada's Documentary Heritage Communities Program
(DHCP) is February 26, 2016 at 11:59 p.m. (Pacific Standard Time). Please note that successfully funded projects must be completed by the end of the Government of Canada fiscal year (March 31, 2017), with the exception of multi-year
projects. For more information, please find the DHCP
8e Journée professionelle de Bibiliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec Une Bibliothèque Ancrée dans son Milieu Assistez à cette rencontre gratuite à l'Auditorium de la Grande Bibliothèque ou en temps réel sur le portail de BAnQ. Le vendredi 11
mars de 9 h à 16 h 30
Inscrivez-vous! De Gruyter Saur/IFLA Research Paper Award 2016 We are glad to inform you the partnership between IFLA and the publisher De Gruyter Saur. Together, we have launched a call for applications for the De Gruyter
Saur / IFLA Research Paper Award 2016. The award selection panel is comprised of members of the IFLA Library Theory and Research Section. Topic : Digital Libraries: Knowledge creation and sharing Don't miss the deadline! 31 March 2016 More information here:
www.ifla.org/node/10252 Call for submissions: IFLA LIS Student Paper Award 2016 The IFLA Education & Training Section (SET) has the pleasure to announce the 8th IFLA LIS Student Paper Award for 2016. The IFLA LIS Student Paper Award honours students of Library and Information Science whose abstract submissions have been accepted by any IFLA Section or Unit to
be presented at the upcoming IFLA World Library and Information Congress 82nd IFLA General Conference and Assembly, 13-19 August, 2016 in Columbus, Ohio, USA. Each year, three finalists are recognized for their outstanding achievements. One winner is selected from the three finalists. Students must first follow one of the deadlines of any
IFLA Section Call for Papers. Once the paper is accepted for presentation by any IFLA Section at the World Congress (not a satellite conference), you may then send your full paper to SET to apply for the award not later than 15 April 2016.
Read More BookNet Canada Promoting the State of Digital Publishing 2015 BookNet Canada is pleased to announce the third year of its research to determine the size and scope of the digital publishing market in Canada. This survey is being circulated to Canadian publishers, asking about details such as:
By surveying publishers directly, we will be able to collate data from various sectors of the publishing industry. We are interested
in hearing from publishers across all sectors, regardless of the size of your digital publishing program. All responses will remain entirely anonymous. To thank you for your participation, anyone who completes the survey will receive an advance copy of the final report, The State of Digital Publishing in Canada
2015. You can take a look at the 2013 and 2014 reports
here. To complete the survey,
click here Call for Papers: IFLA Journal special issue on Research Data Services IFLA Journal invites papers for a special issue focused on research data services and libraries across all continents. The issue will be published in October 2016
as Volume 42:3. In particular, the main goal of the special issue is to gather the latest theory, research, and state-of-the-art practices from libraries that are informing and innovating effective data services. IFLA Journal is hosted on ScholarOne™ Manuscripts, a web based online submission and peer review system SAGE Track. Please read the Manuscript
Submission guidelines, and then simply visit the IFLA Journal Manuscript submission webpage to login and submit your article online. Submissions due May 16, 2016
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